Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Pemberton House, Colima Avenue, Sunderland Enterprise Park
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC - North East (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
QHM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHSE884 - Elswick Health Centre APMS
Reference number
NHSE884
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is an INTENTION TO AWARD Notice following The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) (NENC ICB) (the Relevant Authority), who have undertaken a competition process to commission an Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) to be delivered for patients of Elswick Health Centre, Meldon Street, Newcastle.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £9,640,287
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Main site or place of performance
Elswick Health Centre, Meldon Street, Newcastle.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is an INTENTION TO AWARD Notice following The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process.
This is an intention to award notice to advise that the relevant authority intends to award a contract under a competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Regulations 2024 (Procurement Act 2023) and/ or Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
Project Title - Elswick Health Centre APMS
The aim of the service is to deliver a GP led primary medical care service for patients of Elswick Health Centre.
The successful provider must support the provision of safe, high
quality clinical services.
Contract Start Date: 01 November 2025
Contract End Date: 31 October 2034
The contract term is for an initial period of 7 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
This is an existing service and incumbent provider.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Key Criteria 1: Quality & Innovation / Weighting: 45
Quality criterion - Name: Key Criteria 2: Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Key Criteria 3: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Key Criteria 4: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Key Criteria 5: Value (Price) / Weighting: 5
Price - Weighting: 5
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract is for 7 years, with effect from 01 November 2025, with the option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Relevant Authority.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-009864
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 July 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Elswick Family Health Limited
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC22 - Tyneside
Companies House
14708485
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £9,640,287
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice.
The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Regulations 2024 (Procurement Act 2023) and/ or Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
A contract will not be awarded until after the 9th working day following standstill.
The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice.
Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on Monday 11 August 2025.
Any representations should be sent via the Atamis messaging portal and/or via email to necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
The individual(s) making the award decision are:
The Newcastle Gateshead Local Delivery Team Senior Leadership Team of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board;
The Place Sub-Committee (Newcastle) of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
The Contract and Procurement sub-committee of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board;
The Executive Committee of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board; and
NHSE Regional Panel.
The evaluation panel was made up of the following representatives:
Clinical Lead;
Head of Primary Care;
Involvement Lead;
Clinical Quality Lead;
Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist;
Senior Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist;
Strategic Head of Primary Care;
Programme Manager;
Business Support Officer;
Project Officer;
Programme Lead;
Corporate Governance Manager;
Primary Care Commissioning Manager; and
Lead IT Delivery Manager.
There were no declared potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the award decision.
Conflicts of interest were completed by all involved in the process and no potential conflicts were identified.
The scoring criteria for the Basic Selection Criteria Questions were either evaluated as Pass/Fail or For Information.
The Relevant Authority considered the five key criteria against the service requirements and determined the relative importance of each, as outlined below and detailed within in the provider response documentation.
Quality & Innovation - 45%
Value (price) - 5%
Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability - 30%
Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice - 10%
Social Value - 10%
The successful provider was selected based on offering the most advantageous provider response by scoring the highest combined score for quality (key criteria) and finance, evaluated against the published evaluation criteria as detailed within the provider response documentation. As a result, they are the recommended provider and have been awarded the contract, subject to final agreement.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB
Pemberton House, Colima Avenue
Sunderland
SR5 3XB
Country
United Kingdom